Example sentences of "on for [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts . |
| 2 | Well I think what came out of it firstly , was thanks to people like you , a tremendous amount of publicity for a problem that is certainly not a new one , one that has been going on for many many years . |
| 3 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 4 | You keep it on for all that time ? |
| 5 | Daily assessment has gone on for all these years , with tests occasionally being undertaken — that is a reality . |
| 6 | the room over really but I mean if you can keep your heating on for that little bit of length of time |
| 7 | He says time may be running out — it has run out for alot … this may go on for several more years — we have n't go several more years . |
| 8 | There was going to be very little room in Frederica Potter 's life from now on for this imposed world of people and chairs you had to have because they were there . |
| 9 | Ring Howard Foster on for this 80-peg match , tickets £5 all in . |
| 10 | There is no automatic electronic cast on for this double rib so E6000 knitters should follow the above instructions . |
| 11 | Playing hard to get is a game which can go on for some considerable time , especially if one has as ardent a suitor as the French . |
| 12 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 13 | At the time of Leathart 's survey , Taylor 's Level had been carried on for some 210 fathoms , and was then about 35 fathoms short of being below the deepening sump in the floor of Fleming 's . |
| 14 | His widow Margaret held on for another 45 years , beset on all sides by warring local landowners who claimed parts of the island , as its boundaries grew ever-closer to the Holderness mainland . |
| 15 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 16 | The Collector estimated that at this rate they might carry on for another two or three weeks . |
| 17 | We sailed on for another two weeks . |
| 18 | Are you saying you 're quite prepared to let them , how they cut it , you 'll let it go on for another two years without you doing anything about it ? |
| 19 | The slump is likely to go on for another two years . |
| 20 | And it 's gon na get worse if this situation of er you know erm jobs and that is gon na go on for another two years . |
| 21 | Well I do n't know , there are such good Japanese coupes now , you know you see these lovely Toyotas and Nissans that they do the sort of two plus two and they 're really lovely cars and but if I change c car this next year I 'll still have to have four seater or , you know , plenty of room in the boot so I can pick you up from Haileybury and all that crap , but if I hung on for another two years I could then get something I actually wanted , you know . |
| 22 | For this recession to equal the previous record of 16 months it would have to drag on for another six months . |
| 23 | He is still optimistic that Richey 's conviction will be overturned , but the case could drag on for another six years or more . |
| 24 | Er , her father lived on for another six years . |
| 25 | Still in his pyjamas and with his foot in plaster , he would hobble 500 metres or so across some fields until he reached a track , then carry on for another 500 metres or so until he reached a proper road . |
| 26 | Jenking let the ship run on for another fifteen minutes or so . |
| 27 | Emma Cons lived on for another twelve years , continuing to work at her housing projects : but a new chapter had opened in the history of what was to become the Old Vic , as Lilian Baylis began to programme it for early films and then light opera and later Shakespeare . |
| 28 | If it goes on for another 2 weeks , that is a distinct possibility . |
| 29 | And she soldiered on for another 15 years before she finally died . |
| 30 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |